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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY MARCH 12,2003 Opinion Letters to the Editor What is your opinion? This newspaper welcomes opinions from its readers concerning any subject. Anything of a libelous nature or defamation of character will not be considered for publication. Please limit your letters to 300 words or less. We reserve the right to edit for clarity or length. Letters must be signed and include your full name, address and telephone number. Limited to one letter per person per month. Greetings from Udairi Dear Editor: One might refer to this place as the armpit of the world except for the fact that it is too dry and dusty. This place has absolutely nothing here but flat ground and blowing sand and a rat now and then. We are living under slightly less than desirable conditions but I dont want to complain because I know it can and probably will get worse than this. It sounds like ifthere is no war we will remain here until they decide they dont need us any more, so it is as close to home as we will get in this part of the world. I dont expect to be here long, though. We expect February to go out like a lion in this part of the world. As I am typing this, the wall of the tent behind me is shaking from the concussion of artillery rounds going off at a nearby firing range and fighter jets flying low over the camp and dropping large barrages of bombs on the same range daily. Apache helicopters take off about 500 yards away from our tent and circle overhead continuously. We live inside a big earthen berm that has been pushed up by bulldozers as a defensive wall. Bradley fighting vehicles and tanks drive around it stirring up the dust so there is a constant haze in the air. All of the com- terest on how this all plays out. There is definitely a jumble of emotions. But coming from a first hand source I can tell you that the Iraqi people hate Saddam Hussein more than any ofus ever could. They all want to know why we didnt kill him 12 years ago and they feel that we have betrayed them on many points. This all could be very educational without the tuition. Here is a picture of the scenery at Udairi. The objects just over my left shoulder are the only plants for miles. There is some animal life here though. Rats we know for sure, and today we were moving some large tent boxes and there was a huge lizard that had been crushed underneath one of them. This lizard was 18 inches long and had huge, pointy scales. I think I would rather have the rats around. Thanks for your prayers and support. Love, Brian Palmer Thank you! Dear Editor: Just a note to thank all those who have supported the boys basketball program for the past three years. Thanks to all the boys who practiced and played hard and kept the faith. TTianks to the parents who have been supportive and especially those who have helped with the Cowmand posts have triple strands boy Classic each year. Karen ofconcertina wire strung around Glazier has been the tournament them. It definitely is enough to director and has done a wonderful job. get your attention. Here we have moved out of our Thanks to local businesses who tent and are living in a have donated and sponsored the tent (right now it holds program in several ways. A speabout 30 of us). There are eight cial thanks to the Houstons who of the guys from our unit and 22 have provided breakfast for our Arab interpreters staying with Classic guests for as long as I us. The interpreters are inter- can remember. The half-tim-e esting. They are all U.S. citi- entertainment was great! I zens but come from all over the would especially like to thank Middle East. There are Iraqis, my assistant coaches for their Egyptians, Palestinians, Leba- sacrifice and support. nese, even a Somalian. They are Sincerely, all quite friendly and pleasant Klint Glover 11-m- an 50-ma- n people. As we traveled up here on a bus I was pulling security duty at the back of the bus so I sat next to some of them and got to talk. One of the guys is from southern Iraq and Saddam had three ofhis brothers killed. Needless to say there is some real animosity toward Saddam among these people. On the other hand, there is great concern about the fate of the Iraqi people. It is interesting to see the reaction of those over here who have a real vested in Show support to our soldiers Dear Editor: As the daughter and granddaughter of veterans, I for one have a great respect for our military and think that the military and our soldiers should be honored and supported, not put down and shamed. In this time of pending war, I think it would be most appropriate. I would also like to say that as the daughter of someone who iv;vvXvsviw.vA,.v.vk,.,.,v.rfvi.vSCvA-f- t www.barryscartoons.com when a deadly foe has been beaten to the end. I saw a young soldier hiding in a foxhole in a country not his own. Fighting an enemy whose language he does not know, praying to go home. Upon the frozen chosen his angel for him will come, this soldiers work is done. miliI saw a young soldier, dressed and the respect support do in we and have the that jungle fatigues, answering the tary right to do so just as those who dont support have the right not See LETTERS, Page 5 to. fought for this country and paid dearly for it, that I do realize how high the price of the freedom we all take for granted is. I wrote this poem quite sometime ago and thought that now might be a good time to let people read it and to let people know that there are some of us who do Southern Utah News AAA Deadlines FRIDAY 1 PM I saw a young soldier I saw a young soldier coming through the mist, carrying a flag with thirteen circled stars. The face of a boy, the courage of a man. In his heart he wishes to see freedom in his land. Not knowing that one day the country he helped to make would be the greatest one of all. I saw two young soldiers standfield. One on battle a bloody ing dressed in blue, the other in gray. Both have eyes of blue and hair of red. Beliefs made them enemies, but blood made them brothers. A war like no other, brother fighting brother. I saw a young soldier, so tall and brave. Far from home and all alone. Yet hell fight this foreign foe to keep him from those so dear who wait at home. But from Flander Field this dough boy wont come home. I saw a young soldier march- ing off to war like his father did before. But hell fight an enemy like none has been before. Four long years of war will only end' CROPCOUNTBVS HOME-TOW- N NEWSPAPER The Southern Utah News (ISSN No. 0049-165is published every N. Main at26 Utah 84741 . The SUN serves Kane St., Kanab, Wednesday County, Utah, and the Arizona Strip. Please address communications by mail to: 26 N. Main Street, Kanab, Utah 84741 , telephone 9) 435-644-290- 0, fax or sunewskanab.net. rates available Advertising upon request. Second Class postage paid at Kanab, Utah 84741 Newsstand price is 60c per copy. Yearly subscription rates to Kane County addresses and Fredonia and Moccasin, Arizona - $25; others - $35 (out of U.S. - $50). The SUNews reserves the right to edit or reject any advertisement or submitted items. 435-644-29- . 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